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Farrans Construction Ltd fined 15k after fall from low guard-rail height

Belfast-based Farrans Construction Ltd has been prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) after a engineer was severely injured when he fell down a...

XERVON Palmers launches health & safety initiative

Scaffolding contractor XERVON Palmers, has launched an in-house health and safety initiative – the Safety Recognition Scheme (SRS) – aiming to maintain and encourage the...

Cape Wins Outstanding HSE Performance Award In Abu Dhabi

Global industrial services firm Cape have today announced they have received an outstanding HSE Performance Award from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA OPCO) for the...

Safety & Access Issue Advice for Scaffolding Contractors (Asbestos)

Training firm Safety & Access have issued advice for Scaffolding Contractors for managing and working with asbestos. Safety & Access have said: There has been some...

Safety Alert Issued On Defective Scaffold Boards In Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s Health & Safety Executive (HSENI) have issued a Safety Alert. Broken scaffold boards have recently caused an increase in serious accidents on construction sites in...

VIDEO: Northamptonshire firm fined after scaffold collapse

Northamptonshire shoppers were forced to run for safety as a scaffold collapsed and fell some 20 metres towards them, a court has heard. Nobody was...

The NASC succeed in battle to replace ‘Competent’ with ‘Qualified’ in regulations review

Competent Scaffolder will now be Qualified Scaffolder after regulations review. ScaffMag has been informed by sources that the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has...

Builder Sentenced After Colleague’s Scaffolding Fall

A building worker suffered life-changing injuries in a fall after a colleague loosened a scaffolding guardrail which later gave way, a court has heard...

Scaffolder tells his story on how he survived North Sea helicopter crash that killed four

A Scaffolder has told newspapers how he escaped death when a helicopter he was in plunged into the sea, killing four people. Paul Sharp,...

The new TG20:13 headlines the NASC 2014 Yearbook

The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has published its 2014 Yearbook, with the imminent launch of it's TG20:13 guidance taking center stage. The annual yearbook features 90 pages of scaffolding...

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